This month we had the pleasure of interviewing one of our neighbors, Scott Klaasen. He builds custom electric guitars out of his 200 square foot shop in the Westwood neighborhood. In this interview, we delve into his process of making guitars from scratch and what motivates him to create these beautiful instruments. 

Scott's Links

https://www.instagram.com/scottwklaasen/

https://reverb.com/shop/swkelectricinstruments

In this episode, Chris and Hannah chat with Levi from the band Former Ruins. They discuss music, faith, and favorite items from Aldi. 

Former Ruins: https://www.formerruins.com

Thanks for your support!

In this episode, Chris and Hannah interview Chris' former coworkers Adam and Amy Sterenberg from Tree of Life School. Against all odds, in 2010 Adam and Amy founded Tree of Life, a Christian School affordable for literally anyone in Kalamazoo's Edison neighborhood. Among the many things we talk about in this episode, our favorites are the faithfulness of God to Tree of Life and hearing about what Water Street Coffee was like in 1990's. Don't miss the hot seat questions at the end. 

Links to support Tree of Life below:

From Seed to Sapling Book by Adam Sterenberg 

https://www.amazon.com/Seed-Sapling-Turned-Vision-Into/dp/1490856463/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Donate to Tree of Life: 

https://tolschool.org/donate/

In this episode, we interview the owner of Two Twins: Mack Chrisman. Mack is responsible for starting exceptional coffee shops in Kalamazoo over the past couple of years such as Fido Motors Cafe, Civil House Coffee, and now Two Twins. In the interview we catch up on the last ten years of Mack's life and talk a lot about coffee. We had a lot of fun making this episode and hope you enjoy it.

Two Twins Website:

https://www.twotwinskzoo.com

We had the fortunate opportunity to interview sweep picking extraordinaire Neil Prakasam. Neil's youtube channel "Neil Prakasam" quickly became one of Chris' absolute favorite youtube channels as it mostly features Neil shredding over worship songs. Neil talks about how he learned guitar, musical influences, cheetos, first act guitars, and how GarageBand is criminally underrated. You do not want to miss this one!

Neils' youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM6xr7BWw7fHUvbq-ATzadg

Neil's soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/neil-prakasam

At the beginning of this episode we give an update on Sean and what's happened in our life this last month. In the majority of the episode we talk about each song on the Pete & Bergie unreleased EP "Pieces of Work". Finally, we end the episode talking about Love Languages. 

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In this episode we casually discuss our band: Pete & Bergie's creative process, what to do when your spouse annoys you, and the Dave Ramsey Baby Steps. If you have any questions/topics/ideas you'd like us to consider discussing please email them to us at [email protected]

In this episode we had the privilege of interviewing two of our good friends, Peter & Jess Morris. We talk about how Peter & Jess met, philosophy of art, advice for single people, and we even eat a BIG KIT KAT! Cover Art: Peter Morris

Below are links to Peter & Jess' endeavors. Stay thankful! 

Jess

Peter

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We sat down for a bonus episode to interview the aspiring missionary to unreached people groups; Christine Quisenberry. In this episode Christine talks about her decision to pursue becoming a missionary  and what is needed in order for her to go on the mission field. 

Below is a link to financially support Christine. 

https://www.toeverytribe.org/451001

In this episode Hannah & Chris talk about how they met, first impressions, high school, dating, marriage, and cheeseburgers. At the beginning of the episode is a brief life update as well. We hope you enjoy it!